Chapter 191 Dalang, it’s time to take medicine (1)
"Da Lang, it's time to take your medicine!" An old female voice sounded in the distance and reached Shi Chu's ears, followed by a slow and heavy sound of footsteps.
Shi Chu suddenly opened her eyes and sat up. All she saw was a simple, dilapidated mud house that exuded a damp and moldy smell. She had just been lying on a torn and rotten straw mat...
The family conditions of this time travel seemed to be very poor. Shi Chu couldn't help rubbing her forehead, but felt a hand full of sticky herbal mud. She then slowly felt the throbbing pain on her forehead. It was obvious that the original owner was injured.
Since she was injured, Chu was not in a hurry to get up. She lay down again, closed her eyes and absorbed the original owner's memory.
The original owner was called Huo Shichu. He was born into a small landlord's family. His family owned dozens of acres of land, had no worries about food and clothing, and could even eat meat occasionally. Their life was much better than that of ordinary farmers.
But accidents happen all the time, and misfortunes may come to people at any time. This year, a severe flood suddenly occurred in my hometown, submerging several nearby villages. The original owner's family was no exception. Dozens of acres of crops and their own houses were all swallowed up by the flood.
When the flood came, the original owner's father wanted to take his valuables and escape, but he was delayed for a while and was washed away by the flood. The original owner, his mother and his younger brother were lucky enough to escape to the top of the mountain with the villagers and were not drowned.
When the flood receded a little, the village chief took the survivors to flee, and the original owner's family of three also followed, but they had no money, and they ate tree bark and wild grass along the way. Finally, they escaped to the vicinity of Baisui Village with great difficulty.
At this time, the original owner's younger brother fell ill because he was frightened at a young age, had nothing to eat and had to travel every day. The original owner's mother was desperate and suppressed her grief and exchanged the original owner for a few packets of herbs and a small bag of corn.
The original owner was purchased by a Wei family in Baisui Village. Their eldest son was injured on the battlefield and no one in the family was willing to take care of him. Coincidentally, he had not married yet, so his stepmother used a few packets of herbs and a small bag of corn to exchange for the original owner, saying that she was a wife for their eldest son.
When the original owner saw her "husband" lying on the bed with a foul odor and bloody legs, she refused to stay and even threatened to commit suicide in order to make her mother regret her decision. However, her mother thought her son was the most important thing, so she made up her mind and abandoned her in the Wei family.
The original owner was very desperate when he saw his mother leave. He wanted to die, so he hit the wall, but he didn't die. He just fainted from the injuries.
The wound that Shi Chu just felt was caused by hitting the wall.
It was already the second day after she was sold by her mother. Her mother had already left with her son and the fleeing neighbors. Even if the original owner wanted to catch up, she couldn't.
Of course, now that it’s Shi Chu, I would be even less inclined to chase her.
"Da Lang, your wife is still not awake? A brain injury is a serious matter. Do you want to ask Doctor Qi to come and see her again?" The old female voice asked hesitantly.
"No, wait a little longer." A deep and deep male voice replied, "I'll have to trouble Aunt Zhou for the next two days."
"Don't be so polite... Alas, your father is so cruel. Even though you were injured so badly, he still insisted on kicking you out. He really wants you to die!" Aunt Zhou said with a sigh.
The two talked for a few more words, and then Aunt Zhou left, and the room soon returned to peace.
Huo Shichu knew that the man who had just spoken was the original owner's "husband" Wei Qi, Wei Dalang. Wei Dalang was also quite pitiful. He had just been seriously injured on the battlefield. He had finally asked a retired fellow villager to send him back, but before his injury healed, his family wanted to split up.
Of course, when the family was divided, only he was separated out. It was obvious that this was because they saw that he was useless and could no longer serve in the army and get a salary to support them. Instead, he had to be taken care of by others when he was injured. So they started to demolish the bridge after crossing the river, and they were too lazy to even cover up the fact and kicked him out of the family because he had become a waste.
Wei Dalang joined the army when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, and his annual salary was sent back home. He served as a soldier for almost ten years, and the Wei family built five spacious brick and tile houses, bought several acres of land, and the family married off daughters and daughters one after another. They lived a very happy life.
But no one appreciated his kindness. When he could no longer provide them with money to suck their blood, it was time for him to "start a family and a business" and "set up his own business".
Wei Dalang's biological mother died early, and his stepmother gave birth to several sons soon after she got married. With a stepmother comes a stepfather, and old man Wei gradually disliked his eldest son. When he was fourteen or fifteen years old and it was time for him to get married, he didn't want to pay for his eldest son's marriage, so he sent Wei Dalang to join the army and forced him to send his salary back.
But no one expected that Old Man Wei could do something even more cruel. He kicked his seriously injured eldest son out of the house. In order to stop people from talking, he took a bag of grain and exchanged it for a random girl, under the pretext of marrying him off.
It is obvious that after squeezing out all the value from Wei Dalang, they left him to fend for himself.
The house where Huo Shichu was lying now was an abandoned house in the village with no one living in it. It was impossible for the Wei family's big tiled house to be divided among Wei Dalang, even if it was built with his salary.
There was nothing in this deserted house, so Wei Dalang asked Aunt Zhou next door to help deliver meals and boil hot water.
After Huo Shichu understood the general situation, she stood up. She had been wearing this set of clothes for several days and they were dirty and smelly. She couldn't stand it anymore and had to get up and wash them.
She walked out of the room and turned into the small, dim main room. It was completely empty, with absolutely nothing in the house.
She walked towards Wei Dalang's room, and as soon as she entered, she was frightened by a pair of sharp and murderous eyes.
"Wei Dalang..." Huo Shichu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw clearly that it was Wei Dalang's eyes. He thought that this man was indeed a veteran of the battlefield. He was very alert and had a pair of eyes like a wild wolf.
Huo Shichu's eyes adjusted to the dim light before he could see Wei Qi's appearance clearly. He was pale and so thin that his cheeks were sunken. He had high eyebrows and deep eyes, but his facial bones were very straight. Therefore, even though he was so thin that only his face was left, he did not look too ugly.
His legs had been cleaned and bandaged, and there was a strong smell of medicine, but the smell of blood was not very noticeable. However, it was inevitable to feel pity for a seriously injured and thin man lying in bed unable to move.
Huo Shichu wondered what she should do now, should she abandon this man and walk away, or stay and take care of him? She was not a person with a heart of a saint. Even though Wei Dalang was pitiful, his difficult situation was not caused by her, Huo Shichu, so she felt that she had no obligation to serve him.
But at least his existence allowed the original owner's mother and brother to obtain herbs and food and survive, which allowed the original owner to repay the grace of giving birth to them. Shi Chu became the original owner, and thus took on the original owner's karma, and his fate was entangled with Wei Dalang's.
Forget it. Even if she wanted to leave now, she didn’t know where to go. It would be better for her to stay and see. If she had a goal in the future, it wouldn’t be too late to leave later.
(End of this chapter)
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